tags 409335 patch thanks Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The change requested in 408154 is a policy violation. Packages are not > allowed to ship any directories under the /usr/local heirarchy; they must be > created in the postinst and removed in the prerm. > > This bug now blocks getting the fix for RC bug 403703 into etch, so please > revert the change. Instead of just reverting, you could also apply this simple patch: diff -Nur cupsys-1.2.7.old/debian/changelog cupsys-1.2.7/debian/changelog --- cupsys-1.2.7.old/debian/changelog 2007-02-02 09:21:21.000000000 +0100 +++ cupsys-1.2.7/debian/changelog 2007-02-02 08:39:25.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +cupsys (1.2.7-4~1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Use dh_usrlocal to install files in /usr/local in the maintainer + scripts, instead of shipping them in the deb + + -- Frank KÃŒster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:39:25 +0100 + cupsys (1.2.7-3) unstable; urgency=high [ Kenshi Muto ] diff -Nur cupsys-1.2.7.old/debian/rules cupsys-1.2.7/debian/rules --- cupsys-1.2.7.old/debian/rules 2007-02-02 09:21:22.000000000 +0100 +++ cupsys-1.2.7/debian/rules 2007-02-02 08:40:34.000000000 +0100 @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ # Add symlink to local files required by LSB ln -s /usr/local/share/ppd $(DEB_DESTDIR)/../cupsys/usr/share/ppd/1-local-admin ln -s /opt/share/ppd $(DEB_DESTDIR)/../cupsys/usr/share/ppd/2-third-party + dh_usrlocal # Compatibility for programs which still look in the old location #ln -s ../../ppd/cups-included $(DEB_DESTDIR)/../cupsys/usr/share/cups/model/cups-included Of course, it's up to the release team to decide whether they want this fixed change in etch, or rather have the change reverted completely. Regards, Frank -- Dr. Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)